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J. H.GOODPELLOW.. IMPLEMENT FOB SETTING BUTTONS. No. 286,537. Patented Oct. 9, 1883,

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UNITED STATES PATENT JGI Ih H. GOQDFELLOVV, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE HEATON BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPLEMENT FOR SETTING BUTTONS.

.PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,537, dated October 9,1883.

Application filed June 29, 1883. (l\"o model.)'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHn H. GoonrELLow,

of the city of Troy, in the county of Renssefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of implements which are made for attaching buttons to shoes and other similar articles by means of staples that are passed through the eye of the button and the leather or material.

My invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the mechanism employed therein for turning the prongs of such staples outwardly and upwardly against the fabric, substantially as herein described.

In the drawings are shown six figures, illustrating my invention, in all of which figures like parts are designated by similar letters. a Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved implement in full size, showing mechanism of the lower jaws in full and dotted lines; also, staple and button in position in the upper j aw, and a fulcrum-lever arranged on the side of the implement, all hereinafter described; Fig..

2, a plan view of the lower jaw and auxiliary clinching-jaw, hereinafter set forth. Fig. 3 is a plan view, showing the reversed side of Fig. 2 and plan of a spring shown in side elevation of Fig. 1; and Fig. i a front end elevation of the upper jaw with button and staple arranged therein with the latter s points in contact with the wedge-like face of the lower jaw; Fig. 5, another front elevation, same as Fig. 4., but in this case the upper and lower jaws have come in contact, showing the staple-legs spread apart upon the lower jaw; Fig. 6, a front end elevation, showing the pivoted aux iliary lower jaw brought into action on the staple, hereinafter described.

In the aforesaid drawings, in which like characters referto corresponding parts in the various figures, J indicates the upper jaw, and K the lower jaw, of the device, and AA its two levers, which are connected by means of the joint-pivot indicated at T; and H is a spring-placed between the handles and attached to one of them by the rivet m, while its free end bears against the other, near their joint-pivot, to keep them and the jaws apart.

The letter it indicates a spring attached to the upper jaw, J, which holds the button B and staple t in the front vertical slot and arched groove 0 of the implement, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

B is a lever provided with the cam o, pivoted at p by any suitable means, the movement of which is shown by full and dotted lines, Fig. 1.

a a are deflecting-dies formed in the lower jaw, K, near its front end and in the upper face thereof, and to said jaw is pivoted an auxiliary jaw, (marked P,) provided with beveled or concave upper faces, 2 2, arranged on both sides of the lower jaw, K, as plainly shown in Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 6. The said aux;

iliaiy j aw P is also provided with the fulcrumlever S, which may be made of any suitable shape or length to provide sufficient leverage, the part of which at d engages with the periphery of the cam c of the lever B. (See Fig. 1.) This latter addition supplies a compound leverage, which might be dispensed with in cases where light wire staples are.

used, and the lever S extended up over one of the handles near the position now occupied by the lever B in Fig. 1. The auxiliary jaw P is made, preferably, of one piece of metal, the sides 2 2 connected, as plainly shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, and mounted on the jaw K by the pin j, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The position of the jaw K should be suitably above the faces of the auxiliary jaw,the latter being held down by the spring L when in its normal position. (Shown in full lines,

Figs. 1' and 4'.) The top faces of the jaw P are preferably made concave, there being sufficieht space vertically between the bottom of the jaw K and top of the aforesaid connection of the jaw l? to admit of the concave face of V engage with the jaw P, as seen in Figs. 1, 3,

and 4.

- pressure brings thejaws J and K together, and

-lever S at d of the independent clinching-jaw r r are two small cavities made in the upper I face of thej aw J parallel to the slot in the same, said cavities being deeper at that portion nearest said vertical slot. h h! are the ends of the forked spring h, which are bent to conform to the curve of said cavities. The. object of this part of my invention is to provide room within the body of the upper jaw for the free end of the spring 71 beneath the button without reducing the strcngthof said jaw, the upper side of said spring presenting its concave side to the bottom of the button, as seen in Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 6.

The operation of the several parts is as follows: Thebutton and staple having been placed in the upper jaw, J, the loop of the staple t in the arched groove 0, and the eye of the button flatwise in the slot above, the spring h having had its free end hprcssed down into the cavities r 9' and held by the thumb until the but ton has been placed above it and the staple beneath in the groove 0, the spring 71, then being released, holds the staple vertically in said arched groove. The fabric is then placed over the lower jaws, and the levers A A are then pressed together until the staple has pierced thefabric, as seen in Fig. 4. Then further the staple-legs t I? spread apart on the deflect ors a a of the jaw K, as seen in Fig. 5. The levers are then firmly held together with one hand, and with the other hand the lever B is pressed forward, as seen by dotted lines, Fig. 1, the cam c of sai d lever acting on the fulcrum.-

P, thus prying the concave faces 2 2 of the latter up against the staple-points and fabric, if placed between, or the convex face of the upper j aw, J, if omitted. Thelatter may be made of any desirable curve to suit the curvature in the faces of the auxiliary jaw and bend desired for the staple-legs. \Vhen the levers A A are released, the spring L, attached to the lower jaw at x, returns the auxiliary jaw P and lever B to their normal position, (shown in full lines in Fig. 1,) and the spring H opens the j aws of the implement, ready for use, and the staple fully attached to the fabric. Another way to operate this mechanism is to do as above described until the staple has assumed the position shown in Fig. 5, then partially open the jaws J and K, move the lever B forward to raise the independent jaw P above that of K, and then again press the levers to set the staple, as described, against the sides 2 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is' 1. In an instrument for attaching buttons, the jaw J, provided with cavities 0' 1' and groove 0, substantially as described.

2. In an instrument for attaching buttons, the jaw J, provided with the cavities r r and a front vertical slot and spring, h, combined to operate substantially as described.

3. An implement for attaching buttons, having two handles and jaws, J and K, the latter provided with the deflectingdies a a, and the auxiliary jaw I, mounted 011 the latter, and having the lever S and concave faces 2 2, substantially as described.

4. An implement for attaching buttons, having two handles and jaws, J and K, the former provided with means for holding a button and staple, an d the independent j aw I, constructed and arranged as described, and actuated by the 7 5 lever B and cam c, as set forth.

5. In an implement for attaching buttons, the jaw J, provided with means, substantially as described, for holding a button and staple, the combination,with the jaw K, provided with the supplemental jaw P, having the concave faces a a and lever S, actuated by the cam 0 and lever B, of a spring, L, adapted to return the jaw I? and lever B to their normal position, all adapted to operate in conjunction with the deflectors 2 2 of the lower jaw, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of June, 1883.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOIV.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. O. MILLER, A. E. PRENTIss. 

